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   predecessor
   [n] - one who precedes you in time (as in holding a position or office)
   Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=predecessor
   
   
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   Predecessor
   Pred`e·ces'sor noun [ Latin praedecessor ; prae before + decessor one who withdraws from the province he has governed, a retiring officer (with reference to his successor), a predecessor, from decedere : confer French prÃ...
   Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/146
   
   
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   predecessor
   noun one who precedes you in time (as in holding a position or office)
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   Predecessor
   • (n.) One who precedes; one who has preceded another in any state, position, office, etc.; one whom another follows or comes after, in any office or position.
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   predecessor
   predecessor 1. Someone who precedes another person in time; such as, in holding a position or office. 2. Something previously in use or existence that has been replaced or succeeded by something else. 3. Something succeeded or replaced by something else.
   Found op http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/1744/5
   
   
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   predecessor
   parent
   Found op http://foldoc.org/predecessor
   
   
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   Predecessor
   One who has preceded another.This term is applied in particular to corporators who are now no longer such, and whose rights have been vested in their successor; the word ancestor is more usually applicable to common persons. The predecessor in a corporation stands in the same relation to the success...
   Found op http://www.lectlaw.com/def2/p135.htm
   
   
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   predecessor
   1) Forerunner 2) Precursor
   Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/predecessor/1
   
   

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